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CGI & Motion Director
Digital Fashion & Experimental 3D & AI workflow
Exhibited in museums & shows - commissions open
Founder of @fakedigital.xyz

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Everyone assumes the AI made this. It didn’t.

KLASLA "Peace Dancer" was designed by Himikalas Pamela Baker — every line, every motif is hers. My job was to build it in 3D and keep it exactly intact. Here’s where AI actually came in, and where it never did.

It started with a real day: I met the model, Zacoya Johnny-Sinclair, at the museum and shot her face from every angle, then aligned those into one clean reference sheet.

Then the pipeline: I rendered the garment in 3D from every angle. Claude studied those renders and wrote the exact prompts; NanoBanana swapped Zacoya’s real face onto each one. From a single sheet of that face-swapped character, Claude wrote pose prompts — idle, walking, more dynamic — and NanoBanana generated them. Finally Claude wrote the prompt for Seedance 2.0 to turn the poses into motion, and I finished the cut in After Effects.

Because the references were this tight, Seedance barely drifted and the design held the whole way through. That’s the point: AI did the face, the poses, the motion. It never touched the design. The clearest proof I’ve found that 3D and AI can actually work together.

Designed by @himikalas · Model @zacoya12 · Curated by @amberdawngold · Commissioned by @textilemuseumofcanada · Funded by the Canada Council for the Arts by @aricecg

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I’m a huge fan of Severance — easily one of my favourite shows — so when the team behind the Season 2 campaign (Apple TV+) brought me on to build the CGI for a 15-second teaser, it didn’t feel like a normal job.

The concept was theirs: the show’s blue balloon — the one with the mark — drifts out of the elevator, catches in the closing doors, and gets squeezed until it pops, revealing the title. My job was to build it and make it land.

The part that genuinely blew me away: they sent over some of the original assets the show’s own team used for its CGI. Getting to build with the real thing, inside a world I love, still doesn’t feel real.

I built it all in Cinema 4D — the balloon and that final squeeze done with soft-body simulation, the doors animated to time the pop.

CGI: Arice · Produced by Leroy & Rose · Client: Apple TV+ (2025) by @aricecg

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5 months ago

Final’s almost here so let’s rewind a bit to the Trionda launch last fall.
Digital animation for the reveal, live in Toronto, NYC and Mexico City at the same time. I did the particle sims and the ball reveal sequence on this one. Was a blast working on it with @aricecg @danilonagura @summjackson
#motiondesign #experientialmarketing #houdinifx #worldcup2026 #adidasfootball taken in Empire - Fulton Ferry State Park by @aricecg

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It started with a sketch by Himikalas Pamela Baker (Tlingit/Haida/Squamish) — KLASLA "Peace Dancer," her contemporary take on a Chilkat blanket.

My job wasn’t to design it. It was to translate it. I worked beside Pamela to understand the garment — how it’s constructed, what the motifs carry, the family lineage held in a personal Chilkat — so the 3D version stayed true to what she actually pictured, not just what looked good on screen.

From there it was hand-work: patterns cut and stitched in Marvelous Designer, the fabric simulated to fall like the real weave; Substance Painter for the surface — colour, weave, fringe, wear; assembled in Cinema 4D and rendered in OctaneRender.

This is part one of the making-of — the build. The AI side of the process comes next week.

KLASLA "Peace Dancer" by Himikalas Pamela Baker. Always in Fashion, Textile Museum of Canada, curated by Amber-Dawn Bear Robe. Supported by the Canada Council for the Arts.
Digital Garment Artist: Arice by @aricecg

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The second of two digital garments I built for Always in Fashion at the Textile Museum of Canada: the Kisiskâciwani-sîpiy Dress by Jason Baerg (Red River Métis).

Kisiskâciwani-sîpiy is the Cree name for the Saskatchewan River. Jason drew the piece from Nistowiak Falls — the river his ancestors come from — and the whole garment moves like water: a long fall of blue fringe that catches the light like a current.

From his design, my job was to build it in 3D and keep it faithful frame by frame — Marvelous Designer for the patterns and fabric simulation, Cinema 4D for assembly, OctaneRender for the final pass. The figure carries the face of Zacoya Johnny-Sinclair, a Toronto-based Indigenous model.

The finished piece plays on a screen inside the exhibition.

Designed by @ayimach_horizons · Model @zacoya12 · Curated by @amberdawngold · Commissioned by @textilemuseumofcanada · Funded by the Canada Council for the Arts by @aricecg

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The Textile Museum of Canada commissioned two digital garments for Always in Fashion — a project working directly with named Indigenous designers. First piece in the show: KLASLA "Peace Dancer" by Himikalas Pamela Baker (Tlingit/Haida/Squamish).

Her design is a contemporary rendition of a Chilkat blanket — traditionally a textile carrying clan identity or a family story. Pamela's version functions as a personal Chilkat, representing her family lineage: herself, her two sons, two grandchildren.

Starting from her sketches, my job was to bring the garment into 3D — Marvelous Designer for the patterns and fabric simulation, ZBrush for the body sculpt, Cinema 4D for assembly, OctaneRender for the final pass. With Zacoya Johnny-Sinclair, a Toronto-based Indigenous model whose face the digital character carries.

The finished piece plays on a screen inside the exhibition.

A real thank you to Amber-Dawn Bear Robe, who curated the exhibition and backed this workflow when it was still purely experimental — before any of us could see how it would turn out. That belief in art and craft, and the trust to support something with an uncertain outcome, is rare. She gave me the room to find it.

None of this happens without Ignazio Nicastro @icnicastro either — he produced it from the first call to final delivery, holding the artists, the curator, the museum, and me all together. The glue of the whole collaboration, and the best kind of person to build something like this with.

Designed by @himikalas · Model @zacoya12 · Curated by @amberdawngold · Commissioned by @textilemuseumofcanada · Funded by the Canada Council for the Arts by @aricecg

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5 months ago

Hey guys, It’s been a while, and I’m so excited today to share some work from my full-time freelancing journey.
I created the artwork for Apple TV’s 'My Friends & Neighbor' Season 2.

It’s the preview artwork on the Apple TV store, so you can see it yourself.

When I first saw the concept, I was blown away and felt so lucky to be part of it. In this video, I’m sharing the making-of what it took to bring this piece to life.

Quick disclaimer: the artwork itself does not use AI.

However, I’ve been experimenting with a new workflow that integrates AI in a more controllable way,, keeping my craft, my ideas, and design at the center.

I’ll share more about this soon.

Love Arice

#MyFriendsAndNeighbor #Season2 #CGIArt #cinema4d
#BehindTheScenes by @aricecg

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6 months ago

A behind-the-scenes look at the making of ‘Vestige (2025)’ by Arice.

Inspired by a 17th-century chasuble from our collection, this new media work envisions a future where AI has transformed the landscape of belief.

See it on view until Feb 1 in ‘From Cloth to Code: New Media Responses’.

🗓️ UPCOMING EVENTS: • Jan 14 (5:30-7 PM): Artist talk with Arice, Cyrill Durigon, Kousha Motamedi & curator Ignazio Nicastro. • Jan 22 (5-7:30 PM): Get an exclusive peek at the historic chasuble and other collection objects that inspired the works in ‘From Cloth to Code.’

Registration required, visit the link in our bio to learn more.

#behindthescenes #newmedia #museumexhibition #contemporanyart #artisttalk by @aricecg

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9 months ago

Learn more about 'From Cloth to Code' in a panel discussion featuring exhibiting artists Arice, Cyrill Durigon, and Kousha Motamedi on January 14 from 5:30 - 7 PM.

Moderated by exhibition curator Ignazio Nicastro, the conversation will unpack how these CGI artists position their practices as cultural disruptors, engage directly with unsettling realities, and leverage digital bodies and forms as vehicles for identity exploration.

'From Cloth to Code' is currently on view at the Textile Museum of Canada until February 1, 2026. This exhibition reimagines textile heritage and practices using interactive technologies, sound installations, 3-D printed sculptures, animation, LED neon, and projections through the perspectives of nine Toronto-based artists. Each artist approaches the Museum’s collection as both catalyst and collaborator, translating threads of memory, identity, and material culture into digital form.

🗓️ Wednesday, January 14, 5:30 PM - 7 PM
🎟️ $15 ($5 for Textile Museum Members) - Register via the link in our bio!

Please contact Ignazio Nicastro (inicastro@textilemuseum.ca) for any questions or accessibility accommodations. by @aricecg

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Hey everyone! Super excited to share the first look at this new FAKE collection experiment. Imagine a classic catwalk with a sci-fi twist—our models are floating! This is the first iteration of the idea, and I had a blast animating it all by hand.

AXSID1 Shoe: I’m really proud to finally show the AXSID1 shoe in full context here. I introduced it last week, but now you can see how it fits perfectly with the whole outfit and the theme.

Pants: The pants feature a signature FAKE design element: a net pattern on the pockets and the upper back. It's a detail I love to include, and these pants also have a unique fabric print from a scanned wall texture I found in China.

Long-Sleeve Shirt: The top is a linen long-sleeve with tiny reflective bits that catch the light, giving it a subtle shine. It’s almost like a fishnet texture that really highlights the upper body

#digitalfashion #cgi #marvlousdesigner #substancepainter #cinema4d #designinspiration #catwalk #FAKE #fake digital by @aricecg

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10 months ago

Hey guys! Here’s a 360° view of the original AXSID 1 colorway I had in mind when I first designed it. Plus, I’ve added a couple of fun color variations just to explore what’s possible.

I’d love to hear from you: which color variation do you think works best?

And if you have any suggestions for other colors or materials you’d like to see, let me know. Let’s have some fun with it!

#AXSID1 #SneakerDesign #DigitalFashion #Colorways #DesignInspiration #FAKEBrand #fashionforbankrobbers taken in Toronto, Ontario by @aricecg

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